This page can be accessed by clicking on Configure on the Computers page.
A Group can contain multiple Tags. Those Tags can be assigned to different Computers to organize them in various ways.
There are two types of Tags:
- Automatic Groups and Tags: Computers have Tags assigned to them dynamically (e.g., Status, Backup Definitions).
- Custom Groups and Tags: Tags created by the user.
In this page, you can create, edit and delete groups and tags, assign tags to computers and configure their visibility on the side menu or/and on the tags column on computers page.
Automatic Groups and Tags
There are tags that are automatically assigned to computers:
| Group Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Computer Information | General computer information such as 32- or 64-bit, UEFI, Virtual machine status |
| Operating System | The version of Windows running on the Agent |
| Status | The Site Manager connection status of the Agent:
|
| Agent Health | Any backup health checks the Agent has failed:
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| Domain | The Active Directory Domain the Agent is joined to |
| Domain OU | The Organizational Unit of the computer's account in Active Directory |
| Backup Definitions | The Backup Definitions this computer is a part of - there will be one tag per Backup Definition |
| License Status | Whether the computer is unlicensed, licensed via an Agent license or via a standalone Macrium Reflect 8 license. There is an additional status Awaiting Connection for computers which have never connected to Site Manager and therefore do not have any license status |
| Agent Version | The version of Site Manager Agent installed on the computer |
| Reflect Version | The version of standalone Reflect (if any) installed on the computer |
| Reflect Edition | The edition of standalone Reflect (if any) installed on the computer (Workstation, Server, Server Plus etc) |
| Domain Groups | One tag will be added here for each security or distribution group that a computer's AD account is a member of |
| Agent Operating Mode | If there is an Agent user script disabling backups on this computer, the computer will have a Scheduled Backups Disabled tag |
| Activity | If there is an active backup or restore on a computer, it will have a Operation in Progress tag |
Note - automatic groups are only shown if there is one or more computers which have a tag in that group present
Custom Groups
From this view, a group can be added, edited and removed as well as add tags to it.
Add a Group
To add a new group, click on the "New Group" button.
A dialog will prompt for the group's name.
Click "Save" to create the group.
The group's name needs to be unique.
Once the group has been created successfully, tags can be added to it. Click here to know more.
Edit a Group
To edit a group, click on "Edit Group" and it will prompt for a new group name.
Delete a Group
To delete a group, click on "Delete Group". A confirmation dialog will open to confirm or cancel the action.
The group will be deleted as well as all the tags related to the group. Tags associated with this group will be removed from the computers.
Custom Tags
Custom tags can be added to different groups.
Add Tags
To add tags to a group, look for the group you want to add tags to and click on "Add Tags".
A dialog will prompt for the tag's name and the computers that will be assigned with it.
Tags
Multiple tags can be added at the same time. Press "Enter" or click on the "Add" option.
If the tag hasn't been added to the input, it will show as an error. Click on the input and follow the instruction above.
If a tag already exists in the group, the tag cannot get added.
To delete a tag so it doesn't get added, click on the x icon.
Select Computers
The next step is to select the computers that will have the tags assigned to them. Click on "Select Computers" to open the selection dialog and select the computers.
Click on "Save" to confirm and the selected computers will be shown:
To edit the select computers, click on "Select Computers" again.
If you hover over a computer row, the computer can be quickly deleted.
Click "Save" to confirm to create the tags and assign them to the selected computers.
The tags names need to be unique within the same group.
Edit Tag
To edit a tag click on the
icon to open the tags options and click on "Edit Tag" to open the edit form.
From this view, the tag's name can be edited and the selected computers can be changed.
Delete Tag
To delete a tag click on theicon to open the tags options and click on "Delete Tag".
A confirmation box will appear to confirm or cancel the deletion.
The tag will be removed from the group and from the computers previously associated with it.
Groups Visibility
To configure the visibility of the groups on the computers page, click on the "Configure Visibility" tab.
It will show a table with all the Automatic Groups and all the Custom Groups.
The "Status" group is the only exception: it's always hidden in the Tags Column.
The groups can be hidden/visible on different places: Side Menu and Tags Column.
Side Menu
By default, the group will be visible in the side menu on the computers page.
But it can be hidden by unchecking the option and clicking "Save" at the bottom of the page.
Tags Column
By default, all the tags will show on the Tags column on the computers page.
But it can be hidden by unselecting the option and clicking "Save" at the bottom of the page.
